Door hangbb



W. J. LANE.

DOOR HANGER,

(No Model.)

No. 426,390. Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

WDDDE $57 46 JJ as M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. LANE, or rouei-nrnnrsin, NEW YORK.

DOOR-THANG ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersliatent No. 426,390, dated April22, 1890..

Application filed February 7, I890; "s rial llo. 339,527. (No model.)

To all whomit may concern: Be it known that I, \VILLIAM J. LANE, ofPoughkeepsie, in the county of Dutch ess and State of New York, haveinvented anew a nd useful Improvement in Door-Hangers, and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same. 7 This invention relates to sliding-door hangers of that classin which. the door is suspended adj ustably upon an overhead rail,whereby the lower edge of the door may be set at the e act distance fromthe floor required for the movement of the door over the floor orcarpets.

The invention is further and more particularly restricted to that classof hangers in which the wheel or wheels which bear on the track havetheir journals located in elongated bearings, so that as the peripheryof the wheel moves on the track the journal travels in its bearing, andthereby the friction is greatly reduced,,no oiling is required, and aneasy movement is secured without liability of creaking. WVith suchbearings uniform vertical adjustment is necessary in order to keep theelongated bearings level. In hangers of this class there are manyspecial requirements-such as lightness and strength secured within thelimited space afforded within the frame of the door, secure alignmentupon the hanger-frame upon the track, and cheapness of construction,which involves a construction adapted to the use of ordinary forms ofiron as they are sold in the market.

The invention also requires that the hangers shall be placed upon thetrack and secured thereon before the doors are attached to the hangers,and therefore essential, or at least desirable, that the doors shall beeasily attached to or detached from the hangers; also, that theadjustment shall be even and uniform at both ends of the hanger, and,further, that the adjusting device shall be acces sible by being locatednear the upper corner of the door. Heretofore various forms of hangersmore or less completely meeting these requirements have been devised,and it will be understood that my invention is limited to thespeeialconstructionhereinafterdescribed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which---Figure 1 shows a side elevation; Fig. 2, a

top view 5 Fig. 3, a view of the right-hand end.

In the drawings the frame of the hanger consists of an upper double railI) composed of members (Z (Z, the lower rail E, and two end bars F G.The upper rail is composed of two pieces of ordinary flat bar iron orsteel having slots h h, to form an elongated bearing for the journal ofthe wheel. The end bars are also formedof ordinary bar iron or steelstruck up with an offset H for the purpose of avoiding the track, (shownat I in dotted lines.) The members d of the upper rail are slightly bentin at the ends and are riveted through the upper ends of the end bars,which are placed between the inwardly-bent ends of d. The lower ends ofthe end bars are riveted to the lower rail E, being preferably heldthereto by slot-ting these lower ends and inserting the edgeof the railinto the slots and fixing itin place by rivets. The lower rail isprovided with inclined slots cut in its lower edge in lines parallel toeach other, as shown at k, the angle and length of the slots beingadapted to give sufficient scope of adjustment in the height of thedoor. There is a plate L adapted to be attached to the upper edge of thedoor. The plate L is provided with posts M, these posts having theirupper ends slotted to receive the lower edge of the rail E. Through theupper ends of the posts pass bolts m, and these bolts engage with theinclined slots in the rail E, as shown in Fig. 1. It will be ap parentfrom inspection of this figure that if the frame be drawn to the rightof the plate the plate will be drawn toward the frame, and by reversemovement it will be carried away from the frame. In order to move theframe in relation to the plate, I have provided an arm Z, which ispreferably made by turning up the innerend of the plate L. The upper endof this arm is notched or provided with a hole to afford abearing forthe neck of the screw O,which is fitted to a hole tapped through the barG. The head of the screw and its 001- lar 0 hold it against endwisemovement in relation to the arm Z, and as it is turned it moves theframe and adjusts the plate in its relation to the frame up or down,according to the direction in which the screw is turned. The

plate L is placed upon the upper edge of the door, so as to bring thearm near the side, as shown in Fig. 1, .the door being there representedin dotted lines, and the head of the screw is therefore readilyaccessible. The door can be attached to the frame by simply raising ituntil the slots engage with the bolts m, and then the screw can beinserted and the door adjusted to the proper height.

The lower rail and the plate L are, like the other parts heretoforedescribed, of ordinary iron or steel which may be bought in the market,and does not require special manufacture, and the parts may be made andfitted without forging.

The frame having the upper and lower rails and end bars may be made verylight and yet be very strong. The construction of the lower part may beused with other forms of frames for the rolling support; but the formshown is that which I prefer, it being a single Wheel grooved for asingle track.

In order to relieve the hanger from all danger of jumping the trackunder any circumstances, I provide the lower rail with a projection K,which has a slotted lower end adapted to fit over the edge of the lowerrail,

as shown, being riveted thereto. This projeotion is immediately beneaththe lower edge of the track, and the space between it and the rail isless than the depth of the flange on the wheel.

I claim as my invention- 1. In combination with a wheel-frame, the railE, having inclined slots, an attachingplate for the upper edge of thedoor, posts secured to said plate, transverse bolts carried by the postsadapted to engage the slots of the rail, and an adjustable connectionbetween the frame and the door-plate, substantially as described.

2. In combination with thewheel-frame, the rail E, having inclined slotsin its lower edge, the plate L, posts secured to said plate, boltspassing through said posts adapted to engage with the slots of the rail,the arm Z, turned upwardly, and a screw 0, connecting the arm Z and theframe, substantially as described.

3. In combination with the track and hangerframe provided with a rollingsupport, a lower rail and a projection secured thereto and eX- tendingwithin a short distance of the lower edge of the track, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM J. LANE.

WVitnesses:

J. G. LANE, J. M. J ANES.

